Sunny Bushes
✦ Ancient woodland84 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🚲Cycling🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome84 ha
Getting here
50.92798, -1.63942
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via New Forest Cycle Routes
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via New Forest Cycle Routes
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
2 cycling trail(s); Named cycling route nearby: New Forest Cycle Routes
Varies
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodlark, Dartford Warbler, Firecrest +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodlark, Dartford Warbler, Firecrest +73 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Lesser Spearwort, Wall Screw-moss, Marsh Thistle +2 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood +30 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wiltshire Cycleway New Forest LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
New Forest Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
New Forest On Road Cycle RoutesCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Fritham Off Road Cycle TrailMountain bike route▾
Photos
View into woodland at Salisbury Trench
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Wildlife to spot
14,404 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,404 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +48
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Smooth Snake · Adder
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gorse Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mycophaga testacea · Minotaur Beetle · Dock Bug +3
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,404 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds53 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit +48
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Falco subbuteo subbuteoFalco subbuteo subbuteo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Smooth Snake · Adder
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Gorse Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Mycophaga testacea · Minotaur Beetle · Dock Bug +3
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Mycophaga testaceaMycophaga testacea2025
- Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wood Cricket
Wood Cricket
Nemobius sylvestris2025
Nemobius sylvestris2025
18-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata202518-spot LadybirdMyrrha octodecimguttata2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025